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A 500-year-old archway that was destroyed after a van crashed into it two years ago has been restored.

The monument was all that remained of an Augustinian abbey at Scone Palace — once the crowning place of Scottish kings — when a driver misjudged its height and hit the stonework while picking up a marquee. The family of the Earl of Mansfield, who owns the palace on the outskirts of Perth, were warned that putting it back together would be like attempting the “world’s largest jigsaw puzzle”.

The archway was of particular historical significance because some of the crests and coats of